(1) Teaching Philosophy (2) Educational Goals (3) Opportunities of Importance (1) Education is like gardening; it has its times of seeding and harvest. A gardener soon discovers that plants do not exist merely for us to impose our will on them. A good teacher, like a gardener, knows how to lead his or her students forward by listening to their inner needs, and bringing them out at the right time. Like flowers, children need the love and careful tending …showed first 75 words of 643 total…

…showed last 75 words of 643 total…I feel a little unprepared for and need more experience. I hope to have a lot of time to conference with my cooperating teacher and to be able to ask for input and suggestions often. I hope to also be exposed to parents sometime throughout the semester. I also hope to do such an excellent job that I may be asked to stay as a long-term substitute or better yet offered a fulltime teaching position.